Affirmative Action Changes ‘Face of Brazil’s Universities,’ Study Says (Agência Brasil, 2025)
Brazil’s public news agency reports on a major assessment of the university quota system, two decades in. The study finds the policy visibly changed who attends the country’s federal universities, and it names the unfinished business: student retention and affordability, addressed by a 2023 update that strengthened scholarships and housing support so admitted students can afford to stay. We share it as reporting on another country’s long experiment. The article is the data, not a verdict, and the debate it feeds is live in more than one hemisphere.